The Mighty Jungle

The Mighty Jungle
Created by	Jason Hopley Jeff Rosen
Starring	Frank Meschkuleit Mike Petersen Wendy Welch Emilie-Claire Barlow Jamie Bradley Cheryl Wagner
Seasons	2
Episodes	46
Production company	Decode Entertainment Halifax Film
Blocks aired on	Sprout's Wiggly Waffle The Sprout Sharing Show Musical Mornings with Coo The Super Sproutlet Show The Sunny Side Up Show
Run on Sprout	April 24, 2009 - March 24, 2013
See Also	Monkey See Monkey Do dirtgirlworld Panwapa Sesame Street Play With Me Sesame

The Mighty Jungle is a Canadian puppet series for preschoolers created by Jeff Rosen and Jason Hopley. The narrative of the story is largely crafted by a group of preschoolers who appear in live-action segments interspersed between puppet-acted scenes.

Plot

From SproutOnline.com:

"Meet Babu the Meerkat, along with his friends Bruce the Gorilla and Rhonda the Rhinoceros. Together, they capture the spirit of the times; the hopes, fears, frustrations, the joys and sorrows and silliness of children, while exploring how preschoolers play and overcome obstacles both physical and emotional. Catch the series on Sprout during The Sharing Show, every day at 5:30 ET." (link)

For Parents

"Nobody tells a tall tale better than a preschooler. Don't discourage your child's exaggeration and embellishments, but do help separate fact from fiction when necessary"

History on Sprout

The show debuted on April 24th, 2009 as part of Sprout's Mighty Earth Week. A giveaway was also held.

"Meet Babu the Meerkat, along with his friends Bruce the Gorilla and Rhonda the Rhinoceros. Catch the NEW series on Sprout beginning April 24, every day at 5:30 ET." (link)

When the show joined Sprout, it aired at 6:30AM ET on Musical Mornings with Coo, and at 5:30PM ET during The Sprout Sharing Show. However, the former block dissolved just a few months later. In later months, it aired at 7:15, and later 7:27AM, during Sprout's Wiggly Waffle, which replaced Musical Mornings on August 24th. It also aired at 9:45AM on weekend mornings. In September 2011, when LazyTown premiered, it was taken off Wiggly Waffle.

In September 2010, the series started airing at 9:54AM on weekend editions of The Sunny Side Up Show. Additionally, in November 2012, it began airing at 3:30PM during The Super Sproutlet Show, which launched earlier that year.

The show stopped airing on Sprout on March 24th, 2013, two days after the closure of Wiggly Waffle and a day before the premieres of Sid the Science Kid and Sing It, Laurie!.

Games

• Bruce's Memory Game
• Rhonda's Dress Up Fun
• Babu's Story Time
• The Mighty Jungle Coloring Game

Connections

• Shelley Hoffman and Robert Pincombe served as writers for the series.

Notes

• Babu-Ganoush was a SproutOnline.com recipe themed after the show.
  • There were also Bruce Juice Banana Milk and ShiskaBabubas (the latter used to be themed after Boohbah and later The Hoobs).
• Jeff Rosen (not to be confused with Jeff Rossen) also created Animal Mechanicals, which was exclusive to Sprout On Demand.

Episodes

See List of The Mighty Jungle episodes.

External links

• Press Room
• SproutOnline.com page (2009)
• SproutOnline.com page (2011)
• SproutOnline.com page (2013)
• Parents and Kids Share Together

Gallery

See The Mighty Jungle/Gallery